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Fullerton residents will have to wait until at least Jan. 15 to find out if a City Council vacancy will be filled by special election or appointment after the current four-member council deadlocked on the issue.
The Fullerton City Council clarified what emergency homeless shelters are at religious institutions after it amended its ordinance and added an application process so it can keep an inventory of beds in the city.
The Fullerton City Council can either hold a special election or appoint someone to fill Councilman Jesus Silva’s at-large seat after he won the District 3 seat this month.
Fullerton City Council members will continue to directly appoint people to the five-member Library Board of Trustees after the Council decided not to change the appointment process.
The Fullerton City Council unanimously voted to abandon taking over the city’s Library Board of Trustees after council members received a flood of emails from residents who voiced their opposition to the move.
Pathways of Hope will have to do at least three months of community outreach in Fullerton before the City Council considers an agreement to move forward on a homeless housing proposal on city-owned land.
Cities across Orange County have taken positions on California’s sanctuary laws since Los Alamitos passed an ordinance last month in an attempt to exempt itself from the requirements.
Fullerton officials plan to temporarily stop enforcing a 47-year-old ban on overnight parking along city streets while a more permanent solution to the lack of space is developed.
His arraignment is scheduled for April 3. If convicted, he faces up to one year in county jail.
City Manager Joe Felz had a “minor” driving accident early Wednesday morning after celebrating at election night parties in downtown Fullerton. Police believed Felz was “emitting an odor of alcohol,” but did not administer a breathalyzer test.